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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-8485668

The Buddy Poole Foundation Inc

A private foundation in Tenafly, NJ. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 30 grants and $39,411 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $39,411

    Grants listed
    30
    Assets, end of year
    $596,040
  • Tax year 2024

    $43,834

    Grants listed
    60
    Assets, end of year
    $613,672
  • Tax year 2023

    $36,483

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $667,800
  • Tax year 2022

    $43,054

    Grants listed
    35
    Assets, end of year
    $762,026
  • Tax year 2021

    $39,985

    Grants listed
    22
    Assets, end of year
    $839,980
  • Tax year 2020

    $48,069

    Grants listed
    41
    Assets, end of year
    $853,171
  • Tax year 2019

    $57,614

    Grants listed
    32
    Assets, end of year
    $929,235
  • Tax year 2018

    $55,353

    Grants listed
    24
    Assets, end of year
    $993,086

Grants paid in 2025

30 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. GabrielleNy, NY

    Support

    $4,600
  2. Children of Fallen PatriotsReston, VA

    Support

    $4,000
  3. Wild Tomorrow FundNew York, NY

    Support

    $3,300
  4. Zoo MiamiMiami, FL

    Support

    $2,843
  5. Ramapo Bergen AnimalOakland, NJ

    Support

    $2,095
  6. Our Lady of Mt CarmelTenafly, NJ

    Support

    $2,000
  7. AlsacMemphis, TN

    Support

    $2,000
  8. French Heritage SocietyNew York, NY

    Support

    $1,969
  9. At FrickNy, NY

    Support

    $1,500
  10. The Creative CoalitionNew York, NY

    Support

    $1,500
  11. American ScandanavianNy, NY

    Support

    $1,440
  12. Camillus HouseMiami, FL

    Support

    $1,200
  13. HMNC FoundationTeaneck, NJ

    Support

    $1,000
  14. UmcpfCollege Park, MD

    Support

    $1,000
  15. NY LibraryNy, NY

    Support

    $900
  16. Casita MariaBronx, NY

    Support

    $750
  17. Nypl Online FundNy, NY

    Support

    $750
  18. DC Central KitchenWashington, DC

    Support

    $700
  19. QGV IntNy, NY

    Support

    $680
  20. Woman Club of AllendaleAllendale, NJ

    Support

    $670
  21. University of MDCollege Park, MD

    Support

    $650
  22. Bergen New BridgeParamus, NJ

    Support

    $612
  23. Springlake Hope FoundFraanklin Lakes, NJ

    Support

    $529
  24. The ARC of Bergen & PassaicHackensack, NJ

    Support

    $520
  25. NywfNew York, NY

    Support

    $500
  26. The Museum of ModernNew York, NY

    Support

    $500
  27. Covenent HouseNy, NY

    Support

    $500
  28. The Morgan LibryNy, NY

    Support

    $350
  29. Wild Tomorrow FundNew York, NY

    Support

    $178
  30. The MetNy, NY

    Support

    $175

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. International aid3 grants $5,447100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. New York16 grants $19,592
  2. New Jersey7 grants $7,426
  3. Florida2 grants $4,043
  4. Virginia1 grant $4,000
  5. Tennessee1 grant $2,000
  6. Maryland2 grants $1,650
  7. District of Columbia1 grant $700

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Diane Poole-ChessinTRUSTEE Hours 8Pay $50,000
  • Nicole ChessinTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Bradford ChessinTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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